The Scups 



GENUS STENOTOMUS GILL 



The Scups 



This genus is closely related to Calamus, having the same quill- 

 like interhaemal bones; the flattened incisors and antrorse dorsal spine 

 mainly distinguishing it. Two species known. 



a. Body ovate-elliptical, the depth about the same from the first dorsal 



spine to the eleventh; pectoral shorter than head, j\ in body; 



snout short, 2 in head chrysops, 437 



aa. Body elongate-ovate, the depth decreasing backward from the 



first dorsal spine; pectoral about as long as head, 3^ in body; 



snout long, 2 in head aculeatus, 438 



Common Scup; Scuppaug 



Stenotomus chrysops (Linnaeus) 



This fish is found on our Atlantic coast from the Carolinas to 

 Cape Cod, being especially abundant northward. On the New Eng- 



land coast it is usually called scup, while about New York it is the 

 paugy or porgy. Farther south it is the fair-maid, and at Charleston 



437 



